कृत्स्नप्रसक्तिर्निरवयवत्वशब्दकोपोवा ॥ २६ ॥
kṛtsnaprasaktirniravayavatvaśabdakopovā || 26 ||
kṛtsna-prasaktiḥ—Possibility of the entire (Brahman being modified); niravayavatvaśabda-kopaḥ—violation of the scriptural statement that Brahman is withouit parts; vā—or.
26. (Brahman’s being the cause of the world involves) either the possibility of the entire (Brahman being modified) or the violation of the scriptural statement that Brahman is without parts.
If Brahman is without parts and yet the material cause of the world, then we have to admit that the entire Brahman becomes changed into this multiform world. So there will be no Brahman left, but only the effect, the world. Moreover, it would contradict the scriptural text that Brahman is immutable. If on the other hand it is said that the whole of It does not undergo modification, but only a part, then we shall have to accept that Brahman is made up of parts, which is denied by scriptural texts. In either case it leads to a dilemma, and so Brahman cannot be the cause of the world.